MEDIA — A Philadelphia woman’s naked romp through the Upper Darby High School parking lot in March was allegedly caused by a medication mishap that led her to believe the world was ending, according to her attorney.

Sharmil McKee told Judge Gregory Mallon on Monday that her client, Sara Butler, 44, of the Germantown section of the city, was taking numerous conflicting medications for lupus that caused the psychotic episode on March 16.

“During this psychotic episode, Miss Butler thought that basically the world was coming to an end, so she — caring for her family — decided to bring all of her children together,” said McKee.

According to police, Sara Butler took her two adult daughters, Joanne, 23, and Bessie, 22, along with a 14-year-old son, to the school at about 10 a.m. to have a student there — Sara Butler’s biological child — released from classes.

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Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the student was not released because Sara Butler has no parental rights for that child. The Butlers then began singing religious songs and laid down on the sidewalk at the entrance to the building, he said.

School district security ordered the family off the property, but they returned three more times. The last came at about 1 p.m., when they arrived in a van and stripped between two parked vehicles in the parking lot.

“In order to please the Lord, Miss Butler felt that she needed to exit the world in the same manner that Adam and Eve entered the world, and to do so she needed to be naked,” said McKee.

“They were running around the lot for five to 10 minutes,” said Chitwood. “When police got there, they were in a van and locked their arms in defiant protest. They were chanting, ‘Jesus is Lord.’ When we got them back to the police station we gave them their clothes and the mom refused to put her clothes on.”

Sara and Bessie Butler were taken to a hospital for evaluation.

The episode was videotaped by incredulous students inside the high school and the tape was posted on YouTube.

McKee said Sara Butler does not have any underlying psychological problems and has never been in trouble with the law before. She is currently seeing a therapist, who has discontinued the medication that triggered the episode, according to the attorney.

“She is hugely embarrassed and regrets the incident, regrets the conduct that brought about these charges,” said McKee.

When the judge questioned why Bessie and Joanne Butler followed suit, McKee said they simply had no reason not to believe their mother and thought she could guide them in how best to meet their maker.

“This is the type of behavior we want to encourage,” said McKee. “We want our children to do what parents say.”

Mallon said he didn’t necessarily agree with that because it could lead to much more catastrophic situations. But he added he was not raised in the Butler household.

“You can’t always follow when your mother’s having a breakdown like that,” he said. “I would hope you could recognize your mother’s having a breakdown and I would have thought that maybe you would intercede and have her calm down a little bit rather than follow her lead.”

McKee said the family had never seen their mother act that way before, but is now familiar with what a psychotic break looks like. All three women apologized and promised that the episode will not be repeated.

“I regret what happened that day and it will never happen again,” Sara Butler said.

Sara, Joanne and Bessie Butler each entered open guilty pleas to indecent exposure and disorderly conduct, for which they each received one year of probation and were ordered to stay away from the high school.

Sara Butler also entered an open plea to simple assault and corrupting the morals of a minor, for which she was given a concurrent probationary sentence and ordered to pay a $500 fine.